Statement regarding the position of the Association of Art Historians (SHS), submitted to the conference entitled „Principles of the monument protection system – forms of protection, organisation of conservatory services, financing, and the role of stakeholders”, organised by the Polish National Committee of ICOMOS on 1–2 December 2025 in Warsaw

Since 2023, the Association of Art Historians has been proposing amendments to the currently binding Act on the Protection and Care of Monuments. These amendments should encompass both the scope of heritage protection and the system of care for monuments. The proposed observations concern the methods of financing monuments from public funds, heritage management, as well as the organisation of conservatory services and the role of institutions and associations operating in the field of monument care, as one of the possible forms of support for conservation authorities.